Saturday, April 4, 2009

You're walking on the street engrossed in your own thoughts and all of a sudden you loose your balance. You let fly everything in your hands, try to balance yourself but the inevitable happens and you fall bang on your butts - hard. To add insult to injury, a few girls witness your un-choreographed trapeze act and snicker like there's no tomorrow, whispering nonsense to each other....Aggghhh.....You cud jus' die there. No???? And that's just one situation. Millions similar to this one happen everyday. The world is a big place.

The question is : How do you react??

Do You:1. Get up, look at everybody in anger and walk away fuming?2. Cry out loud, "I want my Mommy...."3. Just get up, don't make eye contact with anybody and escape off as fast as you can?4. Get up, make eye contact with everyone, laugh at the situation and say loudly, "yea, that was funny" and walk away laughing?

Hmm..a toughie. (Pssstt.....I was in the same situation not too long back. read on..)

Well, there's a logic to it. Since I think the logic makes sense, I'm sharing it here. You, of course, don't need to follow these steps, if you don't approve.

Here it is - The logic:1. SMILE.Immediately after u have goofed up, SMILE your honest smile. No need for any other reaction. You see - you have a choice...to make anything happening to you look good or bad. So why not convert the ugly into something funny and normal.

2. UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC OF STATISTICS.The most important logic of all - understand this - WHATEVER IN THIS WORLD HAPPENS...happens for that 'LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME' ONLY.

That means...statistically speaking..the chances of the SAME THING happening to you in the exact same situation again is just ONE in a TRILLION. It's absolutely safe to state that the certainty of repetition is highly improbable !!

Further on..that means the next time you fall on your ass, it's IMPOSSIBLE that you fall at the exact same location with the exact set of people witnessing your fall having the exact same reaction again. If it does, you may have witnessed an impossibly rare occurrence. Let the TV channels know.

So, if it's never going to happen again...why should you be embarrassed?? Instead, think of that as an opportunity given to you by some higher up power to learn something from it - on what NOT to do again. Make it into what is popularly known as 'EXPERIENCE'. ...BUT how do you deal with it at THAT moment when it is actually happening?? Simple. Just like our gurus have told us to.

When it's actually happening...

A. MAKE EYE CONTACT AND SMILE:Make eye contact with everyone and SMILE or laugh as per the situation. Remember the logic of statistics.

B. PUT UP A WARNING SIGN:If it was something that happened to you cuz u didn't notice it, make sure YOU put up a 'warning sign' or something similar, according to the situation, so others don't go through wot u did. The same people who snickered at you, will look at u in amazement and be proud of you. U mite even secretly have become their idol.

C. REQUEST HELP:Request the onlookers to help you do it. They will, if you insist.

That's it. You're now good to go.

and as to what I did in my situation..(my embarrassment - the dude had somehow managed to tie a mile long toilet paper on the back of my pants and I roamed around with it for atleast 10 minutes without knowing about it.)

DONE? Good.well..I did just what I told you. Of course AFTER I had done that...the guy was swiftly and safely tied up in the same toilet where the toilet paper had come from, for an hour..away from creating another havoc.:-)

Imp's mom.......after a long time...Welcome back. My blog missed u and wanted me to send notices to find u. Heeyea yea...u laughed didn't u ?? So did a lot of ppl...Glad no one took a pic, otherwise that person wud hv been on my 'kill' list.

huny ive fallen in the middle of an aisle in the movie theatre with two cones in my hands. EVERYBODY and i mean EVERYBODY was laughing. so i got up gave a sheepish smile and sank low in my chair.

i stuck a post it with something really mean written on my classmates back in school and he complained. i poured lil fevicol on this guy's seat when he was sitting in front of me. he started CRYING!!!!!!! i had to console him.

but i love wht happened with u if i picturize it ESP after wht happened to him hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

U know what!Before even i read the entire posts & the gyaan part - i was reminded of the time..the stupid Dustbin Cover in my office pantry slipped and fell when i JUST NEARED it..I swear i dnt even drop my paper cup then..but it fell and everyone around LOOKS AT ME! (Some IDIOTS even looked THROUGH thier glass and yes some tried to do what i DID!) - I spontaneously smiled and Shrugged my shoulders.

Well, my vote goes for you! Thats the best way to handle this situation & well ofcourse if it has to do with toilet papers and a DUMB friend... U r the guru! U had done EXACTLY the right thing ;)

Marutham..........I jus tried.. :-) Well...So far he hasn't given any idication of having read it. I'm waiting for that p'ticular LOUD yell that will make me and our neighbouring buildings know that NOW he has. WInk.

Hi Anand, coincidently, a friend of mine took a pretty good fall last week. I wish she had read this, I'm sure it was embarrassing. This is darn good advice if you ask me, I usually feel like a fool, look down and slink off, think I'll take your advice next time. Regards,Fred